A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Dark Star-> St Stephen – Dead & Company 7/30/16 Shoreline Amphitheater Don’t Let Go – Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol 7 (11/8/76 Sophie’s, Palo Alto CA) It’s Just Happening When the Zombies Come – Emily Yates live in the KPFA studio China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider Morning Dew-> Casey Jones – Dead & … Read more
Join the Berkeley Public Library Foundation on June 2, 2016 at 7:00pm for a special gathering hosted by noted authors and chroniclers of the Grateful Dead, Peter Richardson and David Gans. Richardson, an American Studies professor at San Francisco State University and author of No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead, will … Read more
This Is Why You Should Turn On Your Lovelight with David Gans Shows are Wednesday, May 4 (with the Broken Angels) and Wednesday, May 11 (solo, with special guest Garrin Benfield). Both shows start at 8. I’ll be signing books and CDs before and after the show. More gigs and more info here.
Kind words for This Is All a Dream We Dreamed from Rosie McGee, who is one of the voices in the collective narrative. “The beauty of this unique book lies in the authors’ decision to let ‘those who were actually there’ tell the Grateful Dead story in their own words, from their own memories of … Read more
Week of April 11, 2016 Part 1 29:03 Grateful Dead 9/16/91 Madison Square Garden, New York City WEST LA FADEAWAY THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED DON’T EASE ME IN Part 2 25:59 Alabama Music Hall of Fame Induction 2/26/16 David Gans introduces Donna Jean Donna Jean Godchaux’s speech Donna Jean Godchaux Band w/ Jeff Mattson, Back … Read more
Very kind review by Doug Collette @ Glide Magazine. An excerpt: …one of the greatest virtues of An Oral History of the Grateful Dead is the palpable way the discourse captures the good-natured whimsy and openness to serendipity at the heart of the band’s formation on through much of their career…
Jam Bands Online reviews the book. An excerpt: Whether long time fan or someone seeking a look inside the history of the band, this book will offer you glimpses into not only who the band was, what they set out to do, how they did it, the ups and downs, the twists and turns, and … Read more
Link to today’s playlist.
Margaret Quamme reviews This Is All a Dream We Dreamed in the Columbus Dispatch Sunday, January 17, 2016 ‘”Although the book’s ideal reader is probably a passionate fan, even the casual observer will find plenty to relish, including nuggets such as an account of a surreal concert at the pyramids in Egypt, and comments such … Read more
Deadspin looks at Bill Kreutzmann’s Deal, David Browne’s So Many Roads, and our This Is All a Dream We Dreamed The Grateful Dead Literary-Industrial Complex Is A Long, Strange Trip All Its Own